This week, Grant is ranting about the ways in which marketers use metrics to gauge online marketing success. Some use very broad metrics (i.e. page views increased!), while others use very narrow metrics (i.e. taking a channel-centric focus approach to online marketing), but either way Grant says you might be looking at the wrong picture [...more]

Today Grant is ranting about what this year really has in store. While others tout that 2014 will be "the year of mobile" or "the year of native advertising", Grant disagrees. Instead, this year will be the year of holistic, integrated online marketing measured by increased ROI. [...more]

Continuing a long standing (second year) The Search Agency tradition, Grant Simmons, Director of SEO & Social Product, belts out a song worthy of the Christmas trees of the Googleplex. Happy holidays, Merry Christmas to SEO folk everywhere! [...more]

It's that time of year again... time for The Search Agency's new year predictions! Our paid and earned media teams weigh in on what they see happening in the search marketing landscape in 2014. [...more]

In this edition of Inside the Search Studio, Grant Simmons sits down with Danny Sullivan of Marketing Land and Search Engine Land to learn more about his professional take on the past and current SEO landscape. As one of the principal thought leaders in the search marketing industry, Danny provides valuable insight on Hummingbird, mobile optimization, and more. He certainly is one smart bloke. [...more]

With an influx of ads, edge-ordered posts, less (apparently) relevant content, and a move to serve corporations before consumers, Grant is not a happy (Facebook) camper. Sure it's free, but shouldn't it be useful too? [...more]

In this week's episode, Grant is ranting about the recent suggestions webmasters gave in response to Matt Cutts' asking for Google's Webmaster Tools' improvements. Among the most common suggestions from webmasters was better control of sitelinks selection. However, Grant suggests that increased control over sitelinks would result in decreased user experience and potentially lazy webmasters. [...more]

Michelle reports on The Search Agency's findings that most multichannel retailers do not use Responsive Web Design (RWD) and talks to our expert SEOs to understand why so many companies overlook RWD implementation. [...more]

In this episode of Grant's Rants, Grant conveys his appreciation for Google Analytics... and his frustration that Google has changed the interface quite drastically! According to Grant, the recent updates to the interface have caused headaches and heartaches to geeks that aren't marketers and marketers who aren't geeks. [...more]